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    <h2 id="this-case-is-not-specified-by-getopts">This case is not
specified by getopts.</h2>
<h3 id="problematic-code">Problematic code:</h3>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="SC2214.html#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">while</span> <span class="bu">getopts</span> <span class="st">&quot;vr&quot;</span> <span class="va">n</span></span>
<span id="cb1-2"><a href="SC2214.html#cb1-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">do</span></span>
<span id="cb1-3"><a href="SC2214.html#cb1-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>  <span class="cf">case</span> <span class="st">&quot;</span><span class="va">$n</span><span class="st">&quot;</span> <span class="kw">in</span></span>
<span id="cb1-4"><a href="SC2214.html#cb1-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>    <span class="ss">v</span><span class="kw">)</span> <span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&quot;Verbose&quot;</span> <span class="cf">;;</span></span>
<span id="cb1-5"><a href="SC2214.html#cb1-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>    <span class="ss">r</span><span class="kw">)</span> <span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&quot;Recursive&quot;</span> <span class="cf">;;</span></span>
<span id="cb1-6"><a href="SC2214.html#cb1-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>    <span class="ss">n</span><span class="kw">)</span> <span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&quot;Dry-run&quot;</span> <span class="cf">;;</span></span>
<span id="cb1-7"><a href="SC2214.html#cb1-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>    <span class="pp">*</span><span class="kw">)</span> <span class="ex">usage</span><span class="cf">;;</span></span>
<span id="cb1-8"><a href="SC2214.html#cb1-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>  <span class="cf">esac</span></span>
<span id="cb1-9"><a href="SC2214.html#cb1-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">done</span></span></code></pre></div>
<h3 id="correct-code">Correct code:</h3>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="SC2214.html#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">while</span> <span class="bu">getopts</span> <span class="st">&quot;vrn&quot;</span> <span class="va">n</span>    <span class="co"># &#39;n&#39; added here</span></span>
<span id="cb2-2"><a href="SC2214.html#cb2-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">do</span></span>
<span id="cb2-3"><a href="SC2214.html#cb2-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>  <span class="cf">case</span> <span class="st">&quot;</span><span class="va">$n</span><span class="st">&quot;</span> <span class="kw">in</span></span>
<span id="cb2-4"><a href="SC2214.html#cb2-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>    <span class="ss">v</span><span class="kw">)</span> <span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&quot;Verbose&quot;</span> <span class="cf">;;</span></span>
<span id="cb2-5"><a href="SC2214.html#cb2-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>    <span class="ss">r</span><span class="kw">)</span> <span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&quot;Recursive&quot;</span> <span class="cf">;;</span></span>
<span id="cb2-6"><a href="SC2214.html#cb2-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>    <span class="ss">n</span><span class="kw">)</span> <span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&quot;Dry-run&quot;</span> <span class="cf">;;</span></span>
<span id="cb2-7"><a href="SC2214.html#cb2-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>    <span class="pp">*</span><span class="kw">)</span> <span class="ex">usage</span><span class="cf">;;</span></span>
<span id="cb2-8"><a href="SC2214.html#cb2-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a>  <span class="cf">esac</span></span>
<span id="cb2-9"><a href="SC2214.html#cb2-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="cf">done</span></span></code></pre></div>
<h3 id="rationale">Rationale:</h3>
<p>You have a <code>case</code> statement in a
<code>while getopts</code> loop that matches a flag that hasn't been
provided in the <code>getopts</code> option string.</p>
<p>Either add the flag to the options list, or delete the case
statement.</p>
<h3 id="exceptions">Exceptions:</h3>
<p>None.</p>
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